EC2 Idle Instances page in the AWS EC2 Instances view


The EC2 Idle Instances page in the AWS EC2 Instances view provides an overview of all idle instances. The information can help you to reclaim unused resources.

The Idle Instances table displays the idle instances based on the criteria that you can configure in the EC2 Instances Settings page, that is, instances using less than the specified amount of CPU within the specified number of days. 

To access this page, in the TrueSight console, select Capacity > Views > Cloud > AWS > AWS EC2 Instances and click the EC2 Idle Instances tab.

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The following figure shows the EC2 Idle Instance view page displaying the idle instance related information. 

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Viewing the EC2 Idle Instances table

The EC2 Idle Instances table lists the following information for each idle instance. You can sort columns in tables alphabetically, or by size. For more information, see Sorting-a-table-in-the-TrueSight-console.

EC2 Instances table: Description of columns

For more information on the Days to Saturation and other indicator parameters used for metric computations in this view, see Indicators.

Viewing detailed information about an EC2 instance

After you click on the EC2 instance in the Instance Name column, the details for that instance are displayed in the EC2 Instance Details page. The EC2 Instance Details page displays the following information:  

EC2 Instance Details table

Viewing File Systems of the instance

The File Systems tab in the EC2 Instance Details page displays the following information for all file systems of the selected instance.

 

File Systems table: Description of columns

For more information on the Days to Saturation and other indicator parameters used for metric computations in this view, see Indicators.

 

An example of the EC2 Instance Details page

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Using data filter and other controls in tables

You can export and filter the information that is displayed in tables to suit your need. For instance, you can show or hide columns, filter tables on particular domains, and so on. For more information, see Using-filtering-options-in-the-TrueSight-console and Exporting-and-filtering-tables. 

 

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